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Have you been recently promoted or started a new job? Perhaps you are starting on a new educational journey. Maybe, you are newly married or recently added to your family. Let your fellow Ducks know what is happening in your life.
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Featured Class Notables
Pamela Ralston
Class of 1991
Pamela Ralston, BA '91 (English), has been named executive vice president of educational programs for Santa Barbara City College.
Justin Much
Class of 1986
Justin Much, BA '86 (journalism), was hired as a news reporter at the Woodburn Independent.
Scott Hamlin
Class of 1991
Scott Hamlin, BA '91 (journalism: advertising), has opened the first store and public studio for his apparel company, Looptworks, in Portland.
Michael Blakeley
Class of 1993
Michael Blakeley, BA '93 (visual design), was named CEO of Marin Economic Forum, a government- and business-funded organization tasked with improving the economic vitality of Marin County, California.
Colden Baxter
Class of 1993
Colden Baxter, BA '93 (biology), received the 2018 Jean'ne M. Shreeve National Science Foundation Idaho Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research Research Excellence Award for his work on ecological linkages between water and land.
John Devine
Class of 1993
John Devine, JD '93, was appointed to the Contra Costa County Superior Court in California.
Alan LeClair
Class of 1994
Alan LeClair, BS '94 (psychology), MBA '00 (general business), was named vice president and commercial loan officer at the East Bay branch of First Northern Bank in California.
Ryan Coonerty
Class of 1996
Ryan Coonerty, BA '96 (history), is the founder and host of An Honorable Profession, a podcast that profiles state and local leaders who are rising stars in American politics. He is the chair of the Santa Cruz County, California, Board of Supervisors.
Sean Cessna
Class of 1996
Sean Cessna, BS '96 (business administration), has joined Stifel Financial Corporation as managing director for the company's West Coast accounts.
Michael Wynhausen
Class of 1996
Michael Wynhausen, JD '96, was sworn in as a Circuit Court judge for Linn County.
Jason Haase
Class of 1998
Jason Haase, BA '98 (humanities), has joined the Idaho Technology Council as director of talent and advanced manufacturing.
Natali Jones
Class of 2000
The Alaska School Counselor Association named Natali Jones, BA '00 (journalism: electronic media production, Spanish), the 2018 School Counselor of the Year.
Barry Cooks
Class of 1997
Barry Cooks, MS '97 (computer and information science), was appointed chief technology officer at DigitalOcean, a cloud computing company based in New York City.
Corey Bray
Class of 1998
Corey Bray, BS '98 (exercise and movement science), was named vice president and director of athletics at Drury University in Springfield, Missouri.
Gene Souza
Class of 1999
Gene Souza, BA '99 (psychology), has been appointed district manager for the Klamath Irrigation District.
Amelie Aust
Class of 2006
AMELIE BRAZELTON AUST, BA '06 (Clark Honors College, English), has been named executive vice chair of her family-owned Fall Creek Farm and Nursery, an international blueberry breeding and nursery company based in Lowell.
Zachary Zollinger
Class of 2008
Zach Zollinger, BS '08 (economics), has joined the Boise office of Holland and Hart as an associate in the commercial litigation group.
Amy Glaspey
Class of 1993
Amy Glaspey, BS '93 (communication disorders and sciences), MS '95 (special education: early intervention; communication disorders and sciences), helped create the Glaspey Dynamic Assessment of Phonology, an assessment of speech sound production that will help clinicians better measure the help a child needs to say speech sounds and patterns.
Monica Jones
Class of 1986
Monica Jones, BArch '86 (architecture), has been promoted to associate at LRS Architects in Portland.
William Fairey
Class of 1987
William Fairey, BS '87 (biology), was appointed chief commercial officer and executive vice president of MyoKardia, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company in San Francisco.